The al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, has announced the shelling of Gaza Envelope settlements with large rocket barrages at the ninth hour, 9:00 PM, better known as the Hour of al-Bahaa.

At the same time, Israeli media reported that sirens were sounding in the occupied city of Askalan and its southern suburbs, as well as other settlements across the envelope.

Earlier on Sunday afternoon, al-Quds Brigades reported engaging in fierce confrontations with Israeli occupation forces in the al-Amal neighborhood, al-Maaskar, and Absan al-Kabira in Khan Yunis. They announced targeting three Israeli occupation military vehicles using RPG shells.

Al-Quds Brigades also targeted Israeli occupation soldiers and their vehicles in the Tal al-Hawa area, southwest of Gaza City, with mortar shells.

They shared a video showing the manufacturing of explosive devices used against Israeli occupation forces during the ongoing battles in the Gaza Strip.

In turn, the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced targeting two Merkava tanks using the al-Yasin 105 shells in Khan Yunis and released footage documenting the shelling of Israeli occupation ground forces in central Gaza.

According to Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Gaza, the Resistance is engaged in fierce confrontations with Israeli occupation forces in Khan Yunis and its western areas, as well as in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Gaza Resistance ambushes IOF soldiers inside al-Maghazi tunnel

Al Mayadeen's correspondent confirmed on Friday ongoing, fierce confrontations between the Palestinian Resistance and Israeli occupation forces in the vicinity of the Jordanian Field Hospital in the city of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip.

Our correspondent reported intense Israeli artillery shelling south of the Nasser complex in the city, as well as to its east and west, with sounds of intense fighting in the surrounding area.

Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, ambushed a number of Israeli soldiers northwest of the al-Maghazi camp in central Gaza.

In a brief statement, al-Qassam Brigades announced that its Resistance fighters closed an opening of one tunnel after seven Israeli soldiers entered it, and then detonated the tunnel opening with an anti-personnel explosive device, resulting in several casualties among the invading forces.

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